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R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s so important to think about what perspectives aren’t embraced by Anglophone readers, you know? We must make space for the subaltern voices, the suppressed narratives.”

451. “It’s so important to think about what perspectives aren’t embraced by Anglophone readers, you know? We must make space for the subaltern voices, the suppressed narratives.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We are not madmen. But how can we convince anyone of this, when the rest of the world believes it so?”

452. “We are not madmen. But how can we convince anyone of this, when the rest of the world believes it so?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The world turned upside down. Britain was spilling its own blood, Britain was gouging out its own flesh, and nothing after this could go back to the way it had been before.”

453. “The world turned upside down. Britain was spilling its own blood, Britain was gouging out its own flesh, and nothing after this could go back to the way it had been before.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Awake and asleep, he examined the same moment from a thousand different angles until he truly no longer knew what had happened. He wanted all thoughts to stop. He wanted to disappear.”

454. “Awake and asleep, he examined the same moment from a thousand different angles until he truly no longer knew what had happened. He wanted all thoughts to stop. He wanted to disappear.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Neither of my parents are, um, Asian.” I want to die. I want to open the car door and roll out onto the highway and be obliterated by oncoming traffic.”

455. “Neither of my parents are, um, Asian.” I want to die. I want to open the car door and roll out onto the highway and be obliterated by oncoming traffic.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But she had seen and suffered too much. The Empire didn’t need someone reasonable. It needed someone mad enough to try and save it.”

456. “But she had seen and suffered too much. The Empire didn’t need someone reasonable. It needed someone mad enough to try and save it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Is it uncomfortable?’ Robin asked, trying valiantly to prove his own lack of prejudice. ‘Wearing trousers, I mean?’ ‘It’s not, in fact, since we have two legs and not fish tails.’ She extended her hand to him. ‘Victoire Desgraves.”

457. “Is it uncomfortable?’ Robin asked, trying valiantly to prove his own lack of prejudice. ‘Wearing trousers, I mean?’ ‘It’s not, in fact, since we have two legs and not fish tails.’ She extended her hand to him. ‘Victoire Desgraves.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You’re so much stronger than I am” said Altan. Then he let her go.”

458. “You’re so much stronger than I am” said Altan. Then he let her go.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Underdogs can often find a way out, but not always. Particularly not if the side with the upper hand has anticipated, as well as is possible given the information at hand, everything could go wrong.”

459. “Underdogs can often find a way out, but not always. Particularly not if the side with the upper hand has anticipated, as well as is possible given the information at hand, everything could go wrong.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Is that an Oriental?”

460. “Is that an Oriental?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What say you, then, To times, when half the city shall break out Full of one passion, vengeance, rage, or fear? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, The Prelude.”

461. “What say you, then, To times, when half the city shall break out Full of one passion, vengeance, rage, or fear? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, The Prelude.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You are the proximate cause,’ insisted Professor Chakravarti. ‘You can make it stop.’ ‘But that’s precisely the devil’s trick,’ Robin insisted. ‘This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”

462. “You are the proximate cause,’ insisted Professor Chakravarti. ‘You can make it stop.’ ‘But that’s precisely the devil’s trick,’ Robin insisted. ‘This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I know the vision you dreamed of for this nation and I know I may have destroyed it. But my first obligation is not to the unborn people of this country’s future, but the people who are suffering now, who pass their days in fear because of the war that you have brought to their doorstep.”

463. “I know the vision you dreamed of for this nation and I know I may have destroyed it. But my first obligation is not to the unborn people of this country’s future, but the people who are suffering now, who pass their days in fear because of the war that you have brought to their doorstep.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Kitay could afford to be victimized by the city because he had room to fail.”

464. “Kitay could afford to be victimized by the city because he had room to fail.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Sir, I just want to learn to be a good soldier,” she said. Jiang’s face fell. “You and the rest of this school,” he said.”

465. “Sir, I just want to learn to be a good soldier,” she said. Jiang’s face fell. “You and the rest of this school,” he said.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Victoire lifted her hand. ‘Is the tower – ’ ‘Larger on the inside than it seems on the outside?’ Anthony asked. ‘Indeed.’ Robin.”

466. “Victoire lifted her hand. ‘Is the tower – ’ ‘Larger on the inside than it seems on the outside?’ Anthony asked. ‘Indeed.’ Robin.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Inside, the heady wood-dust smell of freshly printed books was overwhelming. If tobacco smelled like this, Robin thought, he’d huff it every day. He stepped toward the closest shelf, hand lifted tentatively towards the books on display, too afraid to touch them – they seemed so new and crisp, their spines were uncracked, their pages smooth and bright.”

467. “Inside, the heady wood-dust smell of freshly printed books was overwhelming. If tobacco smelled like this, Robin thought, he’d huff it every day. He stepped toward the closest shelf, hand lifted tentatively towards the books on display, too afraid to touch them – they seemed so new and crisp, their spines were uncracked, their pages smooth and bright.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”

468. “What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But theirs had always been a broken country. It had never been unified, not truly; it had only ever been held tightly together by steel and blood, a facade of internal unity, while factions always threated to split from within. Rin had forced those tensions to the surface, and then to their breaking point. She’d forced the Nikara to confront the greatest lie it had ever told about itself – that there had been a united Nikara Empire at all.”

469. “But theirs had always been a broken country. It had never been unified, not truly; it had only ever been held tightly together by steel and blood, a facade of internal unity, while factions always threated to split from within. Rin had forced those tensions to the surface, and then to their breaking point. She’d forced the Nikara to confront the greatest lie it had ever told about itself – that there had been a united Nikara Empire at all.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It was like tunnelling into the crevasses of his own mind, peeling things apart to see how they worked, and it both intrigued and unsettled him.”

470. “It was like tunnelling into the crevasses of his own mind, peeling things apart to see how they worked, and it both intrigued and unsettled him.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Don’t take that tone with me.”

471. “Don’t take that tone with me.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He’s a weird one,” Baji said cheerfully, turning back to Rin. “He’s an initiate of a minor river god. Far more committed to his religion than the rest of us.” “Which god do you summon?” “The god of pigs.”

472. “He’s a weird one,” Baji said cheerfully, turning back to Rin. “He’s an initiate of a minor river god. Far more committed to his religion than the rest of us.” “Which god do you summon?” “The god of pigs.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Dying was easy. Living was so much harder – that was the most important lesson Altan had ever taught her.”

473. “Dying was easy. Living was so much harder – that was the most important lesson Altan had ever taught her.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She glanced down at the basin with a deranged satisfaction. Better to get the blood out this way, she thought, all at once, rather than slowly, every month, for years. While she continued to retch, she heard the door to the dormitory open. Someone walked inside and paused in front of her. “You’re insane,” said Venka. Rin glared up at her, blood dripping from her mouth, and smiled.”

474. “She glanced down at the basin with a deranged satisfaction. Better to get the blood out this way, she thought, all at once, rather than slowly, every month, for years. While she continued to retch, she heard the door to the dormitory open. Someone walked inside and paused in front of her. “You’re insane,” said Venka. Rin glared up at her, blood dripping from her mouth, and smiled.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She could not abide the terrible guilt of it, so she closed her mind off to the reality. She burned away the part of her that would have felt remorse for those deaths, because if she felt them, if she felt each and every single one of them, it would have torn her apart. The lives were so many that she ceased to acknowledge them for what they were.”

475. “She could not abide the terrible guilt of it, so she closed her mind off to the reality. She burned away the part of her that would have felt remorse for those deaths, because if she felt them, if she felt each and every single one of them, it would have torn her apart. The lives were so many that she ceased to acknowledge them for what they were.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Her formidable mind retained information like a steel trap. She held grammar rules the way other women held grudges.”

476. “Her formidable mind retained information like a steel trap. She held grammar rules the way other women held grudges.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Show the world what they want; contort yourself into the image they want to see, because seizing control of the story is how you in turn control them.”

477. “Show the world what they want; contort yourself into the image they want to see, because seizing control of the story is how you in turn control them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The publisher might then hire a Black sensitivity reader to check whether the textual representations are consciously, or unconsciously, racist. They’ve gotten more and more popular in the past few years, as more and more white authors have been criticized for employing racist tropes and stereotypes.”

478. “The publisher might then hire a Black sensitivity reader to check whether the textual representations are consciously, or unconsciously, racist. They’ve gotten more and more popular in the past few years, as more and more white authors have been criticized for employing racist tropes and stereotypes.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “At last he realized he was going about it all wrong. This was not Chinese. Griffin had merely used Chinese characters to convey words in a language Robin suspected was English.”

479. “At last he realized he was going about it all wrong. This was not Chinese. Griffin had merely used Chinese characters to convey words in a language Robin suspected was English.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “So far, her novels had presented linear narratives, all told in the past tense from the third person perspective of the singular protagonist. But here, Athena does something similar to what Christopher Nolan does in the movie Dunkirk. Instead of following one particular story, she layers disparate narratives and perspectives together to form a moving mosaic, a crowd crying out in unison.”

480. “So far, her novels had presented linear narratives, all told in the past tense from the third person perspective of the singular protagonist. But here, Athena does something similar to what Christopher Nolan does in the movie Dunkirk. Instead of following one particular story, she layers disparate narratives and perspectives together to form a moving mosaic, a crowd crying out in unison.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “New words in English were a game to him, for in understanding the word he always came to understand something about English history or culture itself. He delighted when common words were, unexpectedly, formed from other words he knew. Hussy was a compound of house and wife. Holiday was a compound of holy and day. Bedlam came, implausibly, from Bethlehem. Goodbye was, incredibly, a shortened version of God be with you.”

481. “New words in English were a game to him, for in understanding the word he always came to understand something about English history or culture itself. He delighted when common words were, unexpectedly, formed from other words he knew. Hussy was a compound of house and wife. Holiday was a compound of holy and day. Bedlam came, implausibly, from Bethlehem. Goodbye was, incredibly, a shortened version of God be with you.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “All prayer is simply repetition – a imposition of your demands upon the gods. The difference between shamans and everyone else is that our prayers actually work.”

482. “All prayer is simply repetition – a imposition of your demands upon the gods. The difference between shamans and everyone else is that our prayers actually work.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She burned away the part of her that would have felt remorse for those deaths, because if she felt them, if she felt each and every single one of them, it would have torn her apart.”

483. “She burned away the part of her that would have felt remorse for those deaths, because if she felt them, if she felt each and every single one of them, it would have torn her apart.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The Nikara practiced these rituals regardless, went through the motions because there was comfort in doing so, because it was a way for them to express their anxieties about the ebbs and flows of their fortunes.”

484. “The Nikara practiced these rituals regardless, went through the motions because there was comfort in doing so, because it was a way for them to express their anxieties about the ebbs and flows of their fortunes.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “And they don’t get that film is a totally different medium, and requires different storytelling skills,” says Justin. “It’s a translation, really. And translation across mediums is inherently unfaithful to some extent. Roland Barthes. An act of translation is an act of betrayal.”

485. “And they don’t get that film is a totally different medium, and requires different storytelling skills,” says Justin. “It’s a translation, really. And translation across mediums is inherently unfaithful to some extent. Roland Barthes. An act of translation is an act of betrayal.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Well – since in the Bible, God split mankind apart. And I wonder if – if the purpose of translation, then, is to bring mankind back together. If we translate to – I don’t know, bring about that paradise again, on earth, between nations.’ Professor Playfair looked baffled by this. But quickly his features reassembled into a sprightly beam. ‘Well, of course. Such is the project of empire – and why, therefore, we translate at the pleasure of the Crown.”

486. “Well – since in the Bible, God split mankind apart. And I wonder if – if the purpose of translation, then, is to bring mankind back together. If we translate to – I don’t know, bring about that paradise again, on earth, between nations.’ Professor Playfair looked baffled by this. But quickly his features reassembled into a sprightly beam. ‘Well, of course. Such is the project of empire – and why, therefore, we translate at the pleasure of the Crown.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Jiang moved through the world like he didn’t belong there. He acted as if he came from a country of near-humans, people who acted almost exactly like Nikara but not quite, and his behavior was that of a confused visitor who had stopped bothering with trying to imitate those around him.”

487. “Jiang moved through the world like he didn’t belong there. He acted as if he came from a country of near-humans, people who acted almost exactly like Nikara but not quite, and his behavior was that of a confused visitor who had stopped bothering with trying to imitate those around him.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But we are the weaker party. We have no choice but to play their game. That’s how power works.”

488. “But we are the weaker party. We have no choice but to play their game. That’s how power works.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We could escape to the New World,’ Ramy proposed. ‘Go to Canada.’ ‘You don’t even speak French,’ Letty said. ‘It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”

489. “We could escape to the New World,’ Ramy proposed. ‘Go to Canada.’ ‘You don’t even speak French,’ Letty said. ‘It’s French, Letty.’ Ramy rolled his eyes. ‘Latin’s flimsiest daughter. How hard could it be?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “And it strikes me as very convenient that shortly after her death, you come out with a book about the very same subject.”

490. “And it strikes me as very convenient that shortly after her death, you come out with a book about the very same subject.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Weird things,” she said. “We’re studying very weird things.” Jiang raised an eyebrow. “How articulate.”

491. “Weird things,” she said. “We’re studying very weird things.” Jiang raised an eyebrow. “How articulate.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The enormous variety of techniques, some of which were only marginally useful to a soldier, were distilled into an essential core of forms that could be taught to a soldier in five years rather than fifty. This is the basis of what you are taught at Sinegard. This is the common core that is taught to the Imperial Militia. This is what your classmates are learning.” He grinned. “I am showing you how to beat it.”

492. “The enormous variety of techniques, some of which were only marginally useful to a soldier, were distilled into an essential core of forms that could be taught to a soldier in five years rather than fifty. This is the basis of what you are taught at Sinegard. This is the common core that is taught to the Imperial Militia. This is what your classmates are learning.” He grinned. “I am showing you how to beat it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Still. this transformation felt like betrayal. It felt like the city had clossed off any possible path home.”

493. “Still. this transformation felt like betrayal. It felt like the city had clossed off any possible path home.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I want my authors to believe fully in the worlds they create, and I want their belief to generate my belief in turn.”

494. “I want my authors to believe fully in the worlds they create, and I want their belief to generate my belief in turn.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You can’t kill a movement.”

495. “You can’t kill a movement.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I prefer animal souls to mortals, to whom I’ve never had much to say. That doesn’t mean I’m diminished.”

496. “I prefer animal souls to mortals, to whom I’ve never had much to say. That doesn’t mean I’m diminished.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Whatever you’re seeing, whatever you’re feeling, it’s not as strong as you are.”

497. “Whatever you’re seeing, whatever you’re feeling, it’s not as strong as you are.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

498. “The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I want what Stephen King has, what Neil Gaiman has. Why not a movie deal? Why not Hollywood stardom? Why not a multimedia empire? Why not the world?”

499. “I want what Stephen King has, what Neil Gaiman has. Why not a movie deal? Why not Hollywood stardom? Why not a multimedia empire? Why not the world?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams.”

500. “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams.”

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